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Verrill, A.E. 1900. Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(2): 595-671.
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Verrill, A. E.
1900
Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species
Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences
10(2): 595-671
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Kristian Fauchald's Polychaeta DB
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Annelida content begins on p.598. There is one plate (LXX = 70), but no Annelida plate figures. p.598: "The annelids are numerous at Bermuda, but our collection has not yet been fully studied. It includes over 110 species."
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Arabella maculosa Verrill, 1900 accepted as Arabella iricolor (Montagu, 1804) (original description)
Aricia setosa Verrill, 1900 accepted as Naineris setosa (Verrill, 1900) (original description)
Autolytus (Proceraea) simplex Verrill, 1900 accepted as Autolytus pseudosimplex Augener, 1922 (original description)
Branchiosyllis lamellifera Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Chrysopetalum elegans Bush in Verrill, 1900 accepted as Bhawania goodei Webster, 1884 (original description)
Cirratulus (Audouinia) (Quatrefages, 1865) accepted as Cirriformia Hartman, 1936 (basis of record)
Cirratulus (Audouinia) capillaris Verrill, 1900 accepted as Cirriformia capillaris (Verrill, 1900) accepted as Cirriformia websteri (Verrill, 1900) (original description)
Cirratulus (Audouinia) websteri Verrill, 1900 accepted as Cirriformia websteri (Verrill, 1900) (original description)
Clymene cingulata Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Clymenopsis cingulata (Ehlers, 1887) (source of synonymy)
Clymene cirrata Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Clymenura cirrata (Ehlers, 1887) (source of synonymy)
Clymene producta Lewis, 1897 accepted as Macroclymene producta (Lewis, 1897) (source of synonymy)
Clymenella (Axiothella) Verrill, 1900 accepted as Axiothella Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Clymenella (Axiothella) somersi Verrill, 1900 accepted as Axiothella somersi (Verrill, 1900) (original description)
Clymenella mucosa (Andrews, 1891) (new combination reference)
Clymenopsis Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Clymenopsis cingulata (Ehlers, 1887) (basis of record)
Clymenura Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Clymenura cirrata (Ehlers, 1887) (additional source)
Desmosyllis Verrill, 1900 accepted as Eusyllis Malmgren, 1867 (original description)
Desmosyllis longisetosa Verrill, 1900 accepted as Eusyllis longisetosa (Verrill, 1900) (original description)
Desmosyllis tenera (Verrill, 1882) accepted as Eusyllis tenera Verrill, 1882 accepted as Eusyllis fragilis (Webster, 1879) (basis of record)
Euclymene Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Euclymene coronata Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Eulalia megalops Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Eupolymnia Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Eupolymnia (Polymniella) Verrill, 1900 accepted as Polymniella Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Eupolymnia (Polymniella) aurantiaca Verrill, 1900 accepted as Polymniella aurantiaca (Verrill, 1900) (original description)
Eupolymnia magnifica (Webster, 1884) (new combination reference)
Eusyllis Malmgren, 1867 (subsequent type designation)
Eusyllis (Synsyllis) Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Eusyllis (Synsyllis) longigularis Verrill, 1900 accepted as Synsyllis longigularis (Verrill, 1900) (original description)
Eusyllis (Synsyllis) viridula Verrill, 1900 accepted as Synsyllis longigularis (Verrill, 1900) (original description)
Grubea Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Salvatoria McIntosh, 1885 (additional source)
Grubeosyllis Verrill, 1900 accepted as Salvatoria McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Grubeosyllis nitidula Verrill, 1900 accepted as Salvatoria nitidula (Verrill, 1900) (original description)
Grubeosyllis rugulosa Verrill, 1900 accepted as Brania rugulosa (Verrill, 1900) (original description)
Grymaea Malmgren, 1866 accepted as Streblosoma M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872 (status source)
Haplosyllis cephalata Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Haplosyllis palpata Verrill, 1900 accepted as Haplosyllis spongicola (Grube, 1855) (original description)
Hemisyllis Verrill, 1900 accepted as Haplosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (original description)
Hemisyllis dispar Verrill, 1900 accepted as Haplosyllis spongicola (Grube, 1855) (original description)
Heteromarphysa Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Heteromarphysa tenuis Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Leodice concinna Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Leodice elegans Verrill, 1900 accepted as Eunice elegans (Verrill, 1900) (original description)
Leodice margaritacea Verrill, 1900 accepted as Eunice websteri Fauchald, 1969 (original description)
Leodice stigmatura Verrill, 1900 accepted as Eunice stigmatura (Verrill, 1900) (original description)
Leodice tenuicirrata Verrill, 1900 accepted as Eunice tenuicirrata (Verrill, 1900) (original description)
Leodice unifrons Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Lineus albocinctus Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Lineus albonasus Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Loimia bermudensis Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Lumbriclymene filifera (Verrill, 1879) accepted as Petaloproctus filifer (Verrill, 1879) (new combination reference)
Lumbrinereis nasuta Verrill, 1900 accepted as Lumbrinerides nasuta (Verrill, 1900) (original description)
Lysidice bilobata Verrill, 1900 accepted as Lysidice ninetta Audouin & H Milne Edwards, 1833 (original description)
Macroclymene Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Macroclymene producta (Lewis, 1897) (basis of record)
Maldanopsis Verrill, 1900 accepted as Sabaco Kinberg, 1866 (original description)
Maldanopsis elongata (Verrill, 1873) accepted as Sabaco elongatus (Verrill, 1873) (source of synonymy)
Marphysa regalis Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Mayeria Verrill, 1900 accepted as Eunice Cuvier, 1817 (original description)
Mayeria gregarica (Mayer, 1900) accepted as Eunice fucata Ehlers, 1887 (new combination reference)
Nematonereis hebes Verrill, 1900 accepted as Lysidice hebes (Verrill, 1900) (original description)
Nicolea modesta Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Odontosyllis brachydonta Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Odontosyllis enopla Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Opisthosyllis nuchalis Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Opisthosyllis nuchalis gularis Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Paramarphysa obtusa Verrill, 1900 accepted as Nicidion obtusa (Verrill, 1900) (original description)
Phyllodoce bermudae Verrill, 1900 accepted as Genetyllis bermudae (Verrill, 1900) (original description)
Polycirrus corallicola Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Polycirrus luminosus Verrill, 1900 accepted as Polycirrus purpureus Schmarda, 1861 (original description)
Polycirrus pennulifera Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Polymnia Malmgren, 1867 accepted as Eupolymnia Verrill, 1900 (source of synonymy)
Polymniella Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Praxillura ornata Verrill, 1879 (additional source)
Protothelepus Verrill, 1900 accepted as Thelepus Leuckart, 1849 (original description)
Protothelepus tenuis Verrill, 1900 accepted as Thelepus tenuis (Verrill, 1900) (original description)
Pseudoceros pardalis Verrill, 1900 accepted as Pseudobiceros pardalis (Verrill, 1900) (original description)
Stauronereis Verrill, 1900 accepted as Dorvillea Parfitt, 1866 (original description)
Stauronereis caeca (Webster & Benedict, 1884) accepted as Parougia caeca (Webster & Benedict, 1884) (basis of record)
Stauronereis erythrops Verrill, 1900 accepted as Dorvillea sociabilis (Webster, 1879) (original description)
Stauronereis maderiae Verrill, 1900 accepted as Schistomeringos rudolphi (Delle Chiaje, 1828) (original description)
Stauronereis melanops Verrill, 1900 accepted as Dorvillea sociabilis (Webster, 1879) (original description)
Stauronereis polydonta Verrill, 1900 accepted as Schistomeringos rudolphi (Delle Chiaje, 1828) (original description)
Sthenelais setosa Bush in Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Streblosoma M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872 (subsequent type designation)
Streblosoma (Eugrymaea) Verrill, 1900 accepted as Streblosoma M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872 (original description)
Streblosoma (Eugrymaea) polybranchia Verrill, 1900 accepted as Streblosoma polybranchia Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Streblosoma spiralis (Verrill, 1874) (new combination reference)
Syllis (Ehlersia) exigua Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Syllis (Ehlersia) nitida Verrill, 1900 accepted as Branchiosyllis exilis (Gravier, 1900) (original description)
Syllis (Typosyllis) annularis Verrill, 1900 accepted as Typosyllis annularis (Verrill, 1900) (original description)
Syllis (Typosyllis) catenula Verrill, 1900 accepted as Syllis corallicola Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Syllis (Typosyllis) cincinnata Verrill, 1900 accepted as Syllis corallicola Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Syllis (Typosyllis) corallicola Verrill, 1900 accepted as Syllis corallicola Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Syllis (Typosyllis) corallicola lineolata Verrill, 1900 accepted as Syllis corallicola Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Syllis (Typosyllis) diplomorpha Verrill, 1900 accepted as Typosyllis diplomorpha (Verrill, 1900) (original description)
Syllis grandigularis Verrill, 1900 accepted as Branchiosyllis exilis (Gravier, 1900) (original description)
Syllis jugularis Verrill, 1900 accepted as Syllis corallicola Verrill, 1900 (original description)
Bermuda for Autolytus (Proceraea) simplex Verrill, 1900 
Bermuda for Branchiosyllis lamellifera Verrill, 1900 
Bermuda for Desmosyllis longisetosa Verrill, 1900 
Bermuda for Eusyllis (Synsyllis) longigularis Verrill, 1900 
Bermuda for Eusyllis (Synsyllis) viridula Verrill, 1900 
Bermuda for Grubeosyllis nitidula Verrill, 1900 
Bermuda for Grubeosyllis rugulosa Verrill, 1900 
Bermuda for Haplosyllis cephalata Verrill, 1900 
Bermuda for Haplosyllis palpata Verrill, 1900 
Bermuda for Hemisyllis dispar Verrill, 1900 
Bermuda for Odontosyllis brachydonta Verrill, 1900 
Bermuda for Odontosyllis enopla Verrill, 1900 
Bermuda for Opisthosyllis nuchalis Verrill, 1900 
Bermuda for Opisthosyllis nuchalis gularis Verrill, 1900 
Bermuda for Syllis (Ehlersia) exigua Verrill, 1900 
Bermuda for Syllis (Ehlersia) nitida Verrill, 1900 
Bermuda for Syllis (Typosyllis) annularis Verrill, 1900 
Bermuda for Syllis (Typosyllis) catenula Verrill, 1900 
Bermuda for Syllis (Typosyllis) cincinnata Verrill, 1900 
Bermuda for Syllis (Typosyllis) corallicola Verrill, 1900 
Bermuda for Syllis (Typosyllis) corallicola lineolata Verrill, 1900 
Bermuda for Syllis (Typosyllis) diplomorpha Verrill, 1900 
Bermuda for Syllis grandigularis Verrill, 1900 
Bermuda for Syllis jugularis Verrill, 1900 
Bermuda for Trypanosyllis attenuata Verrill, 1900 
Bermuda for Trypanosyllis fertilis Verrill, 1900 
Bermuda for Trypanosyllis tenella Verrill, 1900 
Syntype YPM 22543, geounit Bermuda, identified as Haplosyllis cephalata Verrill, 1900
Syntype YPM 22544, geounit Bermuda, identified as Haplosyllis cephalata Verrill, 1900
Syntype YPM 23001, geounit Bermuda, identified as Haplosyllis cephalata Verrill, 1900
Syntype YPM 23002, geounit Bermuda, identified as Haplosyllis cephalata Verrill, 1900
Holotype YPM 2864, geounit Bermuda, identified as Protothelepus tenuis Verrill, 1900
Syntype YPM 2974, identified as Syllis grandigularis Verrill, 1900
Holotype YPM 2975, identified as Syllis (Ehlersia) nitida Verrill, 1900
Holotype YPM 2976, identified as Syllis cincinnata Verrill, 1900
Syntype YPM IZ 001242.AN, geounit Bermuda, identified as Aricia setosa Verrill, 1900
 Association

Living in association with sponges.  [details]

 Association

Species inhabiting sponges.  [details]

 Association

Found associated with the coral Palythoa (Hexacorallia).  [details]

 Classification

Verrill created Axiothella as a replacement for the junior homonym Axiothea, but he made Axiothella a subgenus of ... [details]

 Classification

Verrill (1900) included Praxillella Verrill, 1882, type species P. gracilis (Sars), as a subgenus in Euclymene, ... [details]

 Depth range

Low tide. [details]

 Depth range

Shallow water to about 8 m.  [details]

 Depth range

Not stated, unknown. Probably shallow water. [details]

 Depth range

9-11 meters (5-6 fathoms).  [details]

 Diagnosis

Original diagnosis by Verrill (1900: 660-661): ''This is proposed for the following new species which agrees with ... [details]

 Diagnosis

Original diagnosis by Verrill (1900: 662): "Differs from typical Streblosoma in having 4 clusters of cirriform ... [details]

 Distribution

Atlantic Ocean: Bermuda. [details]

 Distribution

Western Atlantic Ocean: Bermuda; Gulf of Mexico; Venezuela; probably Curaçao (Hartmann-Schröder, 1980, as ... [details]

 Distribution

Bermuda [details]

 Distribution

Bermuda.  [details]

 Distribution

Bermuda.  [details]

 Distribution

Northwestern Atlantic Ocean: Bermuda. Caribbean Sea: Colombia.  [details]

 Distribution

Bermuda.  [details]

 Distribution

Bermuda.  [details]

 Distribution

Bermuda.  [details]

 Distribution

Bermuda Archipelago, Bahamas, Atlantic coast of the USA (Georgia), and Gulf of Mexico (Florida and Texas).  [details]

 Distribution

Bermuda.  [details]

 Distribution

Bermuda.  [details]

 Distribution

Bermuda.  [details]

 Distribution

Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda. [details]

 Distribution

Bermuda.  [details]

 Distribution

Bermuda.  [details]

 Distribution

Bermuda.  [details]

 Distribution

Bermuda.  [details]

 Editor's comment

Unresolved. The name "Euclymene gracilis" has not been authenticated. It comes from ecological usages (not ... [details]

 Etymology

Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet setosa (masculine: setosus) is a Latin adjective ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet simplex is a Latin word, meaning 'simple', 'not complex'.  [details]

 Etymology

Verrill (1900: 657) does not give an etymology, but Axiothella is presumed to be derived as a modified form of ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet lamellifera refers to the leaf-like gill present in the anterior side of th parapodia.  [details]

 Etymology

The generic name Desmosyllis derives from the Greek prefix 'desmo', meaning 'bonds', 'or 'connections', and the ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet longisetosa refers to the long chaetae of the species, with those of the anterior chaetigers ... [details]

 Etymology

Not stated. The subgeneric epithet Polymniella is composed by the generic name Polymnia Malmgren, 1867, followed by ... [details]

 Etymology

The subgeneric name Synsyllis derives from the Greek prefix 'syn', meaning 'with' or 'together', and the generic ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet longigularis derives from the Latin words longi, meaning 'long', and gularis, meaning ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet viridula is a Letin word derived from viridis, meaning 'greenish', nad making reference to the ... [details]

 Etymology

The name of the genus Grubeosyllis is composed with the name of the German zoologist Adolph Edward Grube (b. ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet nitidula is the Latin word for 'somewhat elegant' or 'trim', and probably refers to the "very ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet rugulosa is the Latin feminine word for 'wrinkled', and refers to the minute conical papillae ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet cephalata refers to the prominent and thick head of the species, with very large palps.  [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet palpata refers to the very large and thick, subovate palps of the species.  [details]

 Etymology

The generic name Hemisyllis derives from the Latin prefix hemi-, meaning half, and the generic name Syllis, making ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet dispar is the Latin word for 'different', 'unlike', 'unequal'.  [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet brachydonta derives from the Latin prefix brachi-, meaning 'short', and the Greek word donta, ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet enopla is the neuter plural of the Latin word enoplos, meaning 'armed' and making reference to ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet nuchalis refers to the thin collar formed by the buccal segment, "conspicuous on the sides, ... [details]

 Etymology

The subspecific epithet gularis is a Latin word derived from gula and meaning 'thorat'.  [details]

 Etymology

Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet tenuis is a Latin adjective meaning 'thin', 'slender' ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet exigua refers to the small and very slender size of the species.  [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet nitida, feminine gender for the Latin word nitidus, meaning bright, refers to the plain ... [details]

 Etymology

The specifc epithet annularis refers to the pigmentation of the species, with the cirri appearing "distinctly ... [details]

 Etymology

The specifc epithet catenula (Latin word for little or small) refers to the small size of the species.  [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet cincinnata is the feminine gender of the Latin word for curly, referring to the coiled and ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet corallicola refers to the fact that the species is common in the cavities of dead corals, from ... [details]

 Etymology

The subspecific epithet lineolata refers to the presence of a narrow brown line that crosses each anterior segment, ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet diplomorpha is composed by the Greek words 'diplo', meaning double, and 'morphos', meaning ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet grandigularis refers to the very large size of the pharynx and proventricle.  [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet jugularis is Late Latin for 'throat' and refers to the long and slender pharynx of the species.  [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet attenuata refers to the gradually decrease in size of the dorsal cirri to the end of the body.  [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet fertilis refers to the fact that the type specimen had its body, from about the 33rd segment, ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet tenella is the Latin word for delicate or tender.  [details]

 Habitat

In shell-sand at low tide. [details]

 Habitat

Probably in dead corals. [details]

 Habitat

On and inside sponges. Verrill (1900) stated that probably ocurred in dead corals.  [details]

 Habitat

Probably in dead corals.  [details]

 Habitat

Probably in dead corals. [details]

 Habitat

Probably in dead corals. [details]

 Habitat

Probably in dead corals.  [details]

 Habitat

Probably in dead corals.  [details]

 Habitat

In sponges. Specimens from Colombia found inside the sponge Ircinia campana (Lamarck, 1816), collected between 6-8 ... [details]

 Habitat

Lives in sponges.  [details]

 Habitat

Probably in dead corals.  [details]

 Habitat

Probably in dead corals at shallow water, but common swimming at the surface of the water when mating.  [details]

 Habitat

In dead corals from the reefs.  [details]

 Habitat

In the coral Palythoa, low tide.  [details]

 Habitat

Probably in dead corals. [details]

 Habitat

Probably in dead corals.  [details]

 Habitat

Probably in dead corals.  [details]

 Habitat

Common among corallines and in dead corals.  [details]

 Habitat

Among the zooids of Palythoa mammillosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (Hexacorallia), at low tide.  [details]

 Habitat

Common in the cavities of dead corals, from the reefs, and also in corallines.  [details]

 Habitat

Common in the cavities of dead corals, from the reefs, and also in corallines.  [details]

 Habitat

Probably in dead corals.  [details]